Rives, David Edward

Summary

Father: William Alston Rives
Mother: Lydia Reid

Birth: 17 Jan 1838
Birth Source: Reliques of the Rives

Death: 11 May 1928
Death Source: Reliques of the Rives

Spouse1: Sarah Norfleet Bynum, m. 26 Jan 1870, Chatham County, North Carolina
Spouse2: Julia Catherine Moore, m. 11 Aug 1881, Alamance County, North Carolina

Narrative

Children of David Edward Rives and Sarah Norfleet Bynum:

1. Rena Rives, b. 15 Jun 1871, m. William B. Cheek
2. George Edward Rives, b. 10 Sep 1872
3. Charles Jackson Rives, b. 16 Feb 1874
4. Mary Reid Rives, b. 6 Apr 1876, d. 5 Sep 1916
5. David Augustus Rives, b. 5 Sep 1878

Children of David Edward Rives and Julia Catherine Moore:

1. Lydia Adeline Moore Rives, m. Joel Al. Elkins
2. Herbert Ralph Rives, b. 6 Oct 1886

From Reliques of the Rives:
David Edward Rives, born January 17, 1838, received a common school education and was a farmer through out his life until his death on May 11, 1928. He served from 1861-2 as a private in Co. E, 26th N. C Inf., C. S. A. Upon the expiration of his period of voluntary enlistment he hired a substitute and worked for the Confederate Government during the remaining years of the war in the transportation of iron from a mine at Ore Hill, N. C. David E. Rives married, 1st, in 1870, Sarah Norfleet Bynum, daughter of Mark and Mary (Clegg) Bynum, of Chatham county, N. C. Following her death in 1878, he married, 2nd, August 11, 1881, Julia Catherine Moore, daughter of Chesley Moore, of Alamance, N. C.

Sources

Birth:       Headstone, Goldston UMC Cemetery, Chatham County, North Carolina
Marriage1: North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 (FamilySearch)
Marriage2: North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 (FamilySearch)
Death:       Headstone, Goldston UMC Cemetery, Chatham County, North Carolina
Census:     1880 Census - Chatham County, North Carolina
History:   Childs, James Rives. Reliques of the Rives, p242